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Simon Gavina -Roberto Matta

MAgriTTA Chair

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Documentation

Signed

Origin

Italy

Period

1950-1979

Dimensions

W.	38 in;	H.	24 in;	D.	34 in;
W.	96.52 cm;	H.	60.96 cm;	D.	86.36 cm;

Condition

Good. Good vintage condition , the stem is replaced, light stains on the apple cover

Creation Date

1970

Description

"Roberto Matta designed this chair as a tribute to his friend and fellow surrealist painter René Magritte. The apple and black bowler hat are two of Magritte’s trademarks, derived from his 1946 self-portrait The Son of Man. In the painting, Magritte shows himself wearing a black suit, bowler hat and red necktie. The surrealist aspect is a green apple floating mid-air which hides his face. Matta playfully adapted the painting by creating a fiberglass bowler hat, set upside-down, with a green foam apple inside it. When sat on, the foam of the apple would have compressed into the hat. The name MAgriTTA is a combination of the names Magritte and Matta." Kirkland Museum, Denver, CO. 2018

Styles / Movements

Mid Century, Modern

Incollect Reference Number

241053